Self-evaluation and assessments of performance by self and others

Explored the relationship between self-esteem, the perception of competence, and actual competence when performance is attributed to oneself or to someone else. 44 male and 43 female undergraduates with high and low self-esteem performed a concept-formation task and evaluated their performance; 1 wk...

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Published in:Journal of consulting and clinical psychology 1976-08, Vol.44 (4), p.564-572
Main Authors: Shrauger, J. Sidney, Terbovic, Melanie L
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aptitude
Attitude
Concept Formation
Evaluation
Female
Human
Humans
Male
Personal Satisfaction
Self Concept
Self-Esteem
Self-Perception
Social Perception
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Summary:Explored the relationship between self-esteem, the perception of competence, and actual competence when performance is attributed to oneself or to someone else. 44 male and 43 female undergraduates with high and low self-esteem performed a concept-formation task and evaluated their performance; 1 wk later they either rerated their own performance after watching a videotape of their previous session or rated the videotaped performance of "another S," actually a model who mimicked their previous performance. High-self-esteem Ss perceived themselves as doing better on the task than low-self-esteem Ss, although their performance was actually comparable. The 2 groups' evaluations differed only when they thought they were assessing themselves and not when they felt they were evaluating someone else. Potential mechanisms accounting for the differences in self-evaluations are explored. (34 ref)
ISSN:0022-006X
1939-2117
DOI:10.1037/0022-006X.44.4.564